Health & Medicine

3,063 sourced entries filed under health & medicine, split by century. Each century below opens the full list for that stretch of time.

By century

A line from each of the last few centuries

  • 1546March 8 – King John III of Portugal issues an order for Portuguese India (at Goa) to forbid Hinduism, destroy Hindu temples, prohibit the public celebration of Hindu feasts, expel Hindu priests and severely punish those who created any Hindu images in Portuguese possessions in India.source
  • 1651April 7 – Shunzhi, Emperor of China, announces in an imperial edict that he will purge corruption from government.source
  • 175418 April–20 May – General election increases the Whig Party's majority. Corruption is particularly notorious in the Oxfordshire election.United Kingdomsource
  • 1858September 1–2 – Staten Island Quarantine WarUnited Statessource
  • 1953May 11 – Waco tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado hits in the downtown section of Waco, Texas, killing 114.source
  • 201630 January – Jamaican health officials confirm the country's first case of the Zika virus in a 4-year-old child who recently returned from a trip to Texas.Jamaicasource